Keith, at 23:30 on Jun 12 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Funny you should mention, one of the "give up smoking"
leaflets which our
BG> local doctor distributes says something rather similar, inasmuch as you
BG> need to also change certain other habits which led to smoking in the past,
BG> such as picking up the phone with your right hand instead of your left 
BG> one, etc.  Bottom line though, unless you really want to stop, you won't.

KR> my kids were 10, 8 and 7, and i didn't want them to grow up smokers.

That's quite understandable too.

KR> thats something that you can't preach with a ciggie in your hand.

True, that actually reeks of hypocrisy.  Interesting anti-smoking campaign
on TV at the moment, targeting mainly kids and teenagers, but I have this
awful feeling that the harder you preach at them, the less likely they are
to take notice.  As a long-term smoker, this is a bloody hard thing to say,
but I'd suggest that sooner or later, cigarettes will need to be banned
altogether.

KR> i also wanted to be able to breath first thing in the morning, it wasn't as
KR> hard to give up as i have heard others claim, but i'd say that it was
KR> probably a year before the desire (rather than craving) for a cigarette
KR> went away completely. 

Yeah, you're quite right.  The physical habit/desire is the hardest aspect
to overcome, no argument with that at all.

Regards, Bill
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